Southwark Pensioners Centre

Dear All,

I would like to invite you to attend ‘Faith and Social Action’, a community discussion event based on the research Community Southwark has conducted over the last year exploring the link between faith groups, seldom heard communities and social action.

In tandem with the launch of a new report-  this event will explore and celebrate the many and varied initiatives serving, helping and bettering the local community.

With your help we will be seeking to explore:

• The needs of seldom heard communities;
• The internal solutions that they believe are needed;
• The needs and concerns of Southwark’s faith communities; and
• How faith communities can support the needs of seldom heard groups.

Light refreshments will be provided.

The event will be taking place on:

Date:              26^th September 2017

Time:              2:00-4:00pm.

Venue:           Camberwell Library, 48 Camberwell Green, SE5 7AL,

Please RSVP here as spaces are limited – we look forward to seeing you! Please do forward this to your Southwark contacts.

If you have any questions, please email me on Nathan@communitysouthwark.org or phone 020 7358 7253.

Kind Regards,

Nathan Lewis

Nathan Lewis | Outreach and Relationships Officer | Community Southwark | 1 Addington Square, London, SE5 0HF | t: 020 7358 7253

We are recruiting volunteer stewards to help and in particular to be on hand when the exhibition is open 1.30 to 5.30 on Saturdays in October and a few week days.  if anyone would like to help please get in touch with Chris Henry.

Almost one hundred years ago, on October 19 1917, a Zeppelin bomb landed in Calmington Road, Southwark. It killed 10 people, injured 24 and demolished a fish and chip shop, doctor’s surgery and houses. The Friends of Burgess Park project Zeppelin 1917 will uncover the stories of local heroes, and piece together the dramatic raid right over what is now Burgess Park.

See below for all links to all the eventbrite  pages for various events-

7 Oct Ian Castle Talk zeppelin expert

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zeppelin-1917-ian-castle-talk-tickets-37415286128?aff=es2

14 Oct Stephen Bourne Talk Black Poppies

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zeppelin-1917-stephen-bourne-talk-tickets-37600212247?aff=es2

14 Oct 1917 Knees Up  music and quiz

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-1917-knees-up-tickets-37619553096?aff=es2

21 Oct The Raid animated walk

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zeppelin-1917-the-raid-an-animated-walk-tickets-37905337886?aff=es2

21 Oct scratch theatre on hidden heroes

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-scratch-night-of-hidden-heroes-tickets-37619570147?aff=es2

Dear Stakeholder

We have been working in partnership with Southwark Council to deliver safety improvements at the Camberwell Green junction because its recent collision history ranks it as a priority for improvement.

Our plans aim to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists in the short-term as we continue to work with Southwark Council and the local community to develop more transformative proposals.

Based on analysis of other junctions where these measures have been introduced we expect collisions to reduce by about 40 per cent.

We welcome comments or questions about our plans and ideas for other changes we might consider. You can tell us here by 3 September 2017.

The proposals form part of the Mayor of London’s plan for Healthy Streets – a long-term vision to encourage more Londoners to walk and cycle and use public transport by making London’s streets healthier, safer and more welcoming.

Yours faithfully

Simon Mouncey

Consultation Team

Transport for London

Pocket Spaces Link

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have informed us that in the week beginning 17th July they will be inspecting community mental health teams (CMHTs) for adults of working age provided by South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust.

If you have any information to share with the CQC about experiences of care and treatment with a CMHT, please get in touch with us:

Email: info@healthwatchsouthwark.co.uk

Telephone: 020 7358 7005

Your views can help inform the questions the CQC will ask as well as their findings. We will keep your feedback anonymous.

We will also pass on to the inspectors any other feedback about the CMHTs which we have heard recently.

Below is some background information you may find useful.

Best wishes,

The Healthwatch Southwark Team

What is SLaM? South London and the Maudsley Trust (SLaM) is the NHS Foundation Trust which runs many of the mental health hospital, outpatient and community services in Southwark and across South London.

What is the Care Quality Commission (CQC)? The CQC is the independent regulator of all health and social care services in England. They carry out inspections to services and produce reports where they highlight areas of good practice and areas that must be improved. They ask 5 key questions when they inspect services:

• Are they safe?
• Are they effective?
• Are they caring?
• Are they responsive to people’s needs?
• Are they well-led?

When did SLaM last have an inspection by the CQC? SLaM received an inspection of the whole Trust from the CQC in September 2015. A report was published in January 2016. SLaM received an overall rating of ‘Good’:

• Are they safe? Requires Improvement
• Are they effective? Good
• Are they caring? Good
• Are they responsive to people’s needs? Good
• Are they well-led? Good

Since this inspection, the CQC have been looking again at specific services within SLaM to see what has changed.